Scruggs v. Gage

In a statutory suit for trial of rights of property in an automobile between Mrs. Blanche Gage, wife of W. L. Gage, as plaintiff, and Lee W. Scruggs, as defendant, a judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff, and defendant has appealed.

The case was tried without a jury, and the trial judge filed findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which the judgment was predicated.

Briefly stated, the facts found were as follows : Early in the year 1914, Mrs. Gage and her husband agreed to a separation, but no divorce was procured. Thereafter defendant Scruggs bought the automobile in controversy,…